Q)% the Empress Dowager Tze-hsi-tuan-yn, ete., have perused the memorial of Liu K'un-yi, Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces, in which he states that, being still very ill, he is compelled to pray for permission to resign his post. Lia K'un-yi his been a faithful officer for many years, and his great experience as." provineial high official has been proved by: the methodical manner in which he has ever done his duties. I hereby grant him another month's sick leave, there being no necessity for his resigning his post. And T further command that he be granted four ounces of the very best ginseng from the Imperial Treasury, in order to give him strength and enable him to regain his health.
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